Everybody feels it at sometime or another. You can feel alone in a crowd, with friends, with family even with the love of your life, your spouse. But it never feels good. It is one thing to chose to enjoy some quiet, alone time... it is another thing all together when it comes from feeling … Continue reading How do you do lonely…
Fears
Fears. Everybody has them. The question is do we let them define us. Do they hold us still when God has said, Believe and follow. Do they make us falter and wait when His Spirit has said, Go. Do we doubt when He has said, Pray, believing. If my fears are my focus my faith … Continue reading Fears
Sleeping on the beach in the Pacific Northwest
Lenny and I had speculated for years about bringing young adults to Gold Beach, Oregon and roughing it. No hotel rooms. No hot tubs. No kitchenette. No camper for backup. Just blankets. Pillows. Layers of clothes and a fire. We showed up in the short bus in late September, about 12 of us thinking we … Continue reading Sleeping on the beach in the Pacific Northwest
Identified
Imagine with me... you have stepped back centuries and are walking upon the Irish ocean shoreline. The wind is lifting and pulling your hair, the smell of salt water hangs in the air. The white crests of the in coming waves slap on the shoreline before you and occasionally catch up and playfully tag your … Continue reading Identified
Give Me Your Hand
There are so many beautiful people God has weaved into our lives. At one time or another however each was broken... including you, including me. Maybe it was decades or years ago. Then again maybe it is happening to you today. Poor choices made. Bad habits formed. Promises trampled. Homes torn. Whether you were the … Continue reading Give Me Your Hand
Meeting with God
I have spent a lot of my life's journey looking for quiet, beautiful spots where I could sit, see and sense God's presence around me - like I feel it within me. On a mountain top, the oceans edge, a forest's knoll, at a river's side in their quiet I am captivated by majesty, held … Continue reading Meeting with God
In the silence…
Sometimes all people see of me is online as my brain injury forces me into seclusion in order to 'reset'. When I can't drive, read and retain, I hole up at home and I wait out the pain and this familiar glitch where my mind and body refuse to work together. I sit and wait … Continue reading In the silence…
